4TB SSDs

NVMe or SATA at 4TB?

Both are listed here because a 4TB SSD comes in both kinds. Right now a typical 4TB NVMe drive costs $0.164/GB and a typical SATA drive $0.183/GB. An NVMe drive is several times faster on paper and plugs straight into an M.2 slot. A SATA drive is capped at about 550 MB/s by its connection, and is the one to buy when a machine has no free M.2 slot or no M.2 slot at all. Use the Interface filter to show one kind.

What to check at 4TB

Sort by price per gigabyte first, then look at the Cache column: a drive with its own DRAM holds up better when it is busy or nearly full, which matters more on a boot drive than any headline speed. TLC memory lasts longer and slows down less on long writes than QLC. Endurance (TBW) usually rises with capacity, so a 4TB drive is rated for more total writing than the smaller sizes of the same family.

Every row is one drive at exactly this size. For every size of a drive family, open its line page from the name; for everything else, the NVMe and SATA hubs list every capacity.

4TB SSDs: price, size and what to pick

What it costs. A 4TB SSD runs $345.99 to $994.00 today across the 62 we have prices for, a typical $0.164/GB, with the TEAMGROUP QX 4TB the cheapest space at $0.086/GB. Prices come from several retailers and update daily.

Is 4TB the right size? 4TB is for people who keep a large library installed or work with video. It is not overkill if you would otherwise be uninstalling games to make room, and price per gigabyte is usually lowest at this size.

How long it lasts. Endurance at 4TB runs around 2,400 TBW, typically under a 5-year warranty. A gaming PC writes a few tens of terabytes a year, so the drive will outlast the build it goes into.

Which one to pick. On specs alone the TEAMGROUP T-FORCE CARDEA A440 4TB leads the table at 100/100, while the TEAMGROUP QX 4TB gives you the most space for the money. Sort by value above to weigh the two against each other.